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Headless Body in Topless Bar: The Best Headlines from America's Favorite Newspaper Hardcover – March 25, 2008

4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 39 ratings
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Either you love them or you hate them, but everybody agrees on one thing—there's just nothing like a New York Post headline.

Gathered here for the first time ever are the best of the best from the paper's two-hundred-year history. Whether outrageous or scandalous, laugh-out-loud funny or shocking, these classic headlines never fail to entertain. Headless Body in Topless Bar is the perfect book for any pop culture junkie and a hilarious tribute to the one-of-a-kind New York Post.

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  1. Print length
    208 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    It Books
  4. Publication date
    March 25, 2008
  5. Dimensions
    8 x 0.7 x 10 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0061340715
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0061340710
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About the Author

The staff of the New York Post—for all the paper's illustrious history—is a fairly irreverent bunch. One way or another, the staffers who wrote these headlines have been around since 1801. Or rather, the spirit surrounding them has.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ It Books (March 25, 2008)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 208 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0061340715
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0061340710
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.75 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8 x 0.7 x 10 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 39 ratings

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Customers find the humor in the book good for a laugh and easing tension. They describe it as a great read that sparks conversations. Readers also mention the book is worth the money and worthwhile.

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Customers find the humor in the book good for a laugh and easing tension. They appreciate the creative puns and clever play on actual news.

"Hilarious and good for easing tension. Creative puns and very clever play on the actual news, good relaxation reading, worthwhile." Read more

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Tabloid editors know that what sells their papers are headlines and pictures, the stories can fill up what space is left. The New York Post does a nice line in play-on-word headlines (the grammatical term is: paronomasia) set in big type. The book mostly reproduces the Post's front page with headlines and the stories continue elsewhere.As the Post is a down-market tabloid the headlines are no-nonsense grabbers that are history by the next edition which is why I found so many of them rather superficial and that only pointed up several that I thought classics. The arrest of Panama dictator Noriega in 1990: CANNED PINEAPPLE (because of his pock-marked face), Mike Tyson fight: BITE OF THE CENTURY, Russel Crowe court case: CROWE FLIES.What did intrigue me about the Post pages was the sloppy design. There seemed to be no tabloid style of locking the headlines, pictures and text in a tight page design. Odd because Murdoch's News Corporation who owns the paper also owns Britain's best selling tabloid the Sun, which daily produces great newspaper pages in the best tabloid style. The best selling German tabloid Bilt also has tightly designed pages, yet the Post, from what is shown in the book, rather ignores the tabloid look.As a collector of great headlines, I've enjoyed these:* U.S. ADMITS ATTACKS ON ALLIED WARSHIPS `MISTAKEN FOR HELICOPTERS'* The war of the obese parsnip: will sugar cane take a beating* Lone rower may miss Australia* You Pretend to Drive, We Pretend to Get You There (about taxi drivers in Moscow)And my favorite from the British Sunday Times in 1993 about the Inspector Morse TV series: Backward reels the mind in the dotty dash to give Morse a name***SEE SOME INSIDE PAGES (and some from the Brit Sun) by clicking 'customer images' under the cover.
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ghsnj
5.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious
Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2013
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Hilarious and good for easing tension. Creative puns and very clever play on the actual news, good relaxation reading, worthwhile.
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Michael
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Read
Reviewed in the United States on November 18, 2013
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Great coffee table cook, that will spark conversations whenever left out. A must have for a New Yorker. I have also been known to read this while on the john. Wink Wink
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Lambert McLaurin
4.0 out of 5 stars Lots of Fun, Irony, and Corny Puns
Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2013
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This collections of headlines from the New York Post is a lot of fun. I got it to use in teaching a photography course to use in the section on captions, headlines, and descriptions. Other than that its best use is likely on the bedside table in a guest bedroom. Its not a work of creative genius, but it does tell us about taste3 and what sold in the 490s and 50s.
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Daniel
5.0 out of 5 stars The title says it all!
Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2022
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This book, while simple, delivers exactly what you want from a NY Post compilation. Pure genius!
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Caveat Emptor
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome!!
Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2021
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Great history of the best newspaper headlines ever! Clickbait before the internet existed!! Not a great rag except for sports section, which is stellar. But the headlines!!!
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P. Pace
1.0 out of 5 stars bait and switch
Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2009
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I ordered several new, full-price copies of this book sent directly to friends as gifts, in addition to the one I bought for myself. I was (1) disappointed to be notified that the price had gone up between my considering the book and ordering it, and therefore (2) surprised to see that what I received was a cheap, remaindered copy with that was not in new condition: it had the tell-tale black Magic Marker stripe along the bottom edge of the pages, and (3) disgusted that I was not told of this damage before I made the purchases. If I had known I was ordering damaged books I would not have sent them to friends as gifts. I am a regular Amazon customer and spend hundreds of dollars with the company each year; I expect to be treated better than this.
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Basementboy
5.0 out of 5 stars Best gift ever for a NY Times hater and a NY Post lover.
Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2022
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Cover speaks fo itself.
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John Gibson
3.0 out of 5 stars FUN BUT POOLY DESIGNED
Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2011
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As enjoyable as the headlines are much of this book is a missed opportunity to celebrate the outrageous headlines that always made me giggle while entering the subway near a newsstand.

I would have gladly paid more for a book with better design and product quality. These faults keep it from being a coffee table book. It's more for the bathroom library, where reading is also an option in our home.

Neverthess, it's fun to flip through.
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